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Furnace Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Furnace? [n] an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. Synonyms \| Synonyms for Furnace: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Furnace: acid kiln \| atomic pile \| blacksmith shop \| blast furnace \| bloomery \| boiler \| bottle-gas stove \| breeder reactor \| brickkiln \| bricks \| burner \| butane stove \| calefactor \| caliduct \| cement kiln \| chain reactor \| chain-reacting pile \| coal furnace \| coal stove \| cook stove \| cooker \| cookery \| element \| enamel kiln \| equator \| fast pile \| forge \| foundry \| gas jet \| gas stove \| heater \| heating duct \| hell \| heterogeneous reactor \| homogeneous reactor \| inferno \| intermediate pile \| jet \| kiln \| kitchener \| lattice \| limekiln \| metalworks \| muffle kiln \| neutron factory \| nuclear furnace \| oven \| pile \| pilot light \| plutonium reactor \| power reactor \| power-breeder reactor \| pyrometer \| pyrometric cone \| radioactive waste \| range \| reactor \| reactor pile \| reverberatory \| reverberatory kiln \| rods \| salamander \| salamander stove \| Seger cone \| slow pile \| smelter \| smithery \| smithy \| steam bath \| steam pipe \| steel mill \| steelworks \| stellarator \| stithy \| stove \| subtropics \| tewel \| Torrid Zone \| tropics \| tuyere \| uranium reactor \| warmer See Also \| blast furnace \| chamber \| cremation chamber \| crematorium \| crematory \| cupola \| electric furnace \| firebox \| forge \| gas furnace \| grate \| grating \| incinerator \| oil burner \| oil furnace \| register \| tank furnace Furnace In Webster's Dictionary \Fur"nace\, n. [OE. fornais, forneis, OF. fornaise, F. fournaise, from L. fornax; akin to furnus oven, and prob. to E. forceps.] 1. An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc. Note: Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when the fire is urged only by the natural draught; as blast furnaces, when the fire is urged by the injection artificially of a forcible current of air; and as reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to the chimney, is thrown down by a low arched roof upon the materials operated upon. 2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline. --Deut. iv. 20. {Bustamente furnace}, a shaft furnace for roasting quicksilver ores. {Furnace bridge}, Same as {Bridge wall}. See {Bridge}, n., 5. {Furnace} {cadmiam or cadmia}, the oxide of zinc which accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting zinciferous ores. --Raymond. {Furnace hoist} (Iron Manuf.), a lift for raising ore, coal, etc., to the mouth of a blast furnace. \Fur"nace\, n. 1. To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace. [Obs. or R.] He furnaces The thick sighe from him. --Shak.

Furnace Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Furnace?

[n] an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.

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Furnace In Webster's Dictionary

\Fur"nace\, n. [OE. fornais, forneis, OF. fornaise, F.
fournaise, from L. fornax; akin to furnus oven, and prob. to
E. forceps.]
1. An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the
   combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting
   metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as,
   an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a
   boiler furnace, etc.

Note: Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when
      the fire is urged only by the natural draught; as blast
      furnaces, when the fire is urged by the injection
      artificially of a forcible current of air; and as
      reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to
      the chimney, is thrown down by a low arched roof upon
      the materials operated upon.

2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial;
   severe experience or discipline. --Deut. iv. 20.

{Bustamente furnace}, a shaft furnace for roasting
   quicksilver ores.

{Furnace bridge}, Same as {Bridge wall}. See {Bridge}, n., 5.


{Furnace} {cadmiam or cadmia}, the oxide of zinc which
   accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting
   zinciferous ores. --Raymond.

{Furnace hoist} (Iron Manuf.), a lift for raising ore, coal,
   etc., to the mouth of a blast furnace.


\Fur"nace\, n.
1. To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put
   into a furnace. [Obs. or R.]

         He furnaces The thick sighe from him. --Shak.

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